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LOCAL A6
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romps past Marsing
BMCC plans deep
cuts to faculty
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Police
chief
proposes
limits on
camping
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Donna Goodwin, second from left, chats inside Clark Auto Electric on
April 14, 2022, with her daughter, Marie, second from right, and Marie’s
husband, Kevin. At left is Jerry Hansen, who works at the business that
Goodwin and her husband, Jerry, have owned for 50 years.
BRIEFING
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County commission
candidates invited to
April 23 debate
All fi ve candidates for the
Baker County Board of Com-
missioners have confi rmed
they will participate in a
debate on Saturday, April 23,
at 6 p.m. at the Sunridge Inn,
1 Sunridge Lane. The public
is invited to attend the event,
which is sponsored by Baker
County United. The primary
election is May 17.
Candidates will be respond-
ing to questions submitted
in advance, and also taking
questions from the audience.
Three candidates are vying
to replace Bill Harvey as com-
mission chairman, the only
full-time position — Shane
Alderson, Dan Garrick and
Joe Johnson. There are two
candidates for commission
position 2, a part-time posi-
tion held by Mark Bennett
— Kody Justus and Christina
Witham. Neither Bennett nor
Harvey is seeking reelection.
In both commission races,
if one candidate receives
more than half the voters,
that person would be elect-
ed. If no candidate receives
at least half of the voters,
the top two candidates in
both races would advance
to a runoff in the Nov. 8
general election.
Ordinance is
designed to curtail
homeless camping
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com
H A L F A CEN T U RY OF
SERVICE
Jerry and Donna Goodwin are selling Clark Auto
Electric, an iconic Baker City business
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
W
hen your carburetor
came up lame or your
alternator stopped spinning
or your battery balked, Jerry
Goodwin was the guy you
wanted to show up.
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And for half a century, like as not, he would.
In the black of night on a remote road in a
snowstorm, if that was necessary.
And always with a smile.
Quite often Jerry wasn’t alone when he ar-
rived to rescue a stranded motorist.
His wife, Donna, was with him.
For 50 years the Goodwins’ business, Clark
Auto Electric, has been a Baker City fixture.
An icon, really, with its brick building, its
lighted “Carburetor Repairs” sign high on
the west wall, and perhaps most memorable,
the white jackets that Jerry and his crew of
mechanics wore.
Donna and Jerry Goodwin, owners of Clark Auto Electric in Baker
City, have been married since 1956.
See, Clark/Page A3
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Baker chess players compete at state event
environment such as a state
tournament.
Baker City students in-
“Slow down, look for a
volved in the Chess For Suc-
move, find a better one, and
cess club attended a state
then find the best one and
tournament April 8 and 9 at
only when you’ve done that
the Portland Expo Center
make your move,” he said.
with advisor Ian Wolfe.
Wolfe said Chess for Suc-
Wolfe, who’s also the pas-
cess has benefits beyond
tor at Baker City’s First Lu-
competitions such as the
theran Church, has been
state tournament.
teaching chess to students
“One of the great things
from kindergarten through
that I’ve loved getting to see
eighth grade for three years.
about the chess program
There are nearly 70 play-
is how it is permeating the
Ian Wolfe/Contributed Photo homes and families of our
ers on the roster, and Wolfe
Members of Baker City’s Chess for Success team compete at the
plans to start a chess club at
community,” he said. “It
Baker High School next year. state tournament in Portland.
naturally makes intergen-
Wolfe said he was im-
erational connections in
pressed by the Baker play-
work these into their games. five rounds, placed fourth in so many homes when kids
ers’ performance at the state It was great to see.”
his group.
bring the game home, they
tournament.
Wolfe said Sylvia Rich, a
“These kids are really go- immediately want to teach
“This is the first time that third grader and the only
ing to continue to improve if their siblings, play with
our kids have had the oppor- elementary school student
they stick with it and I can’t mom or dad, grandpa or
tunity to go to state and face to compete for Baker in
wait to see what they all ac- grandma.”
some really tough competi-
the tournament, showed
complish next year,” Wolfe
Wolfe said he’s pleased to
tion,” he said. “What amazed great poise.
said. “All of these kids have see that chess can compete
me the most was their de-
“She wasn’t intimidated
made such great improve-
with flashy video games.
termination to keep playing at all by it, nor with rid-
ment over their chess skills
“Who would have
despite some tough losses.
ing with a bunch of middle since we began way back
thought a 1,500-year-old
We’re continually working
schoolers on a 10 hour bus in October.”
game may be the best way to
Wolfe said he encourages get people off their screens
on all sorts of chess tactics
ride home,” Wolfe said.
players to remember the
throughout our practices —
Jace Whitford won all
for a few hours and connect
fundamentals of chess, es-
forks, pins, skewers, and var- four of his games on Fri-
with their loved ones over
pecially when they’re play- a 64 square checkerboard?”
ious checkmating patterns.
day, April 8, and Dallin
ing in a higher-pressure
The kids all were able to
Stocks, who won three of
he said. “It’s pretty amazing.”
BY IAN CRAWFORD
icrawford@bakercityherald.com
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Issue 142
12 pages
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Community News.............A2
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Jayson Jacoby ..................A4
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Baker City Police Chief Ty
Duby is asking the City Coun-
cil to approve an ordinance
limiting where and when peo-
ple can camp in parks and
other public property.
Duby, who presented or-
dinance 3383 to councilors
during their Tuesday, April 12,
meeting, said the document is
intended to
address prob-
lems with
homeless
people camp-
ing on public
property.
Because the
complete pro-
Duby
posed ordi-
nance wasn’t available Tuesday,
councilors will continue their
discussion of Duby’s proposal
April 26.
The ordinance states, in part:
“It shall be unlawful for any
person to set up tents or any
other temporary shelter or to
use house trailers, campers or
automobiles for the purpose
of overnight camping in any
city park, nor shall any person
remain in any city park after
closing hours; provided, how-
ever, organized youth groups
under competent adult super-
vision-may be permitted over-
night camping privileges.”
The ordinance defines parks
as including the Leo Adler
Memorial Parkway. The ordi-
nance also prohibits camping
in several other specific public
See, Camping/Page A5
City’s
new well
could be
ready
this fall
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Baker City has connected its
new drinking water well to a
supply pipe, but the well proba-
bly won’t start delivering water
to residents until August.
City crews recently installed
a 10-inch-diameter ductile iron
pipe to connect the well to the
existing 16-inch mainline that
runs beneath Indiana Avenue.
The well, which was drilled
in 2020, is at the east end of
the parking lot for Quail Ridge
Golf Course.
The connecting line was laid
in a trench crossing under In-
diana Avenue.
Michelle Owen, the city’s
public works director, said the
trench was filled with gravel
and a temporary metal cover-
ing allows traffic to pass.
“We will patch it when
we get some hot asphalt,”
Owen said.
See, Well/Page A5
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